Daegum Assigned 'Lee Seong-yoon Special Favor Investigation Allegation' Case to Anyang Branch Office

Jinwook Kim, Chief of the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Agency (Gong-su-cheo) / Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] The case in which a conservative lawyer group requested an investigation over allegations of preferential treatment during the investigation of Lee Seong-yoon, Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, by the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Unit has been assigned to the Anyang Branch of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office.

According to the legal community on the 7th, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office assigned the case to the Anyang Branch of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, which has jurisdiction over Gwacheon City, Gyeonggi Province, where the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Unit's office is located. Earlier, the 'Lawyers for Human Rights and Unification of the Korean Peninsula' (Hanbyun) filed a complaint with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office against Kim Jin-wook, Chief of the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Unit, on charges including abuse of authority and obstruction of the exercise of rights under criminal law.

It was revealed that on the 7th of last month, Chief Prosecutor Lee rode in Chief Kim's Genesis official vehicle to enter the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Unit building and was investigated, sparking controversy over 'preferential investigation.' At that time, the High-ranking Officials' Crime Investigation Unit explained, "There are two official vehicles authorized to enter the building, but aside from the chief's vehicle, the second vehicle is used for transporting arrested suspects and has rear doors that cannot be opened from the inside, so it could not be used."

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